A little Moore attention may backfire

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | January 8, 2003 | Damian Thompson

[Clara Lou]

Just an excellent article. I love to see someone dish it out to Moore. Leave it to the Left to love a slob like him.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Histrionic invective directed against relatively popular sitting presidents rarely pays off, as the McGovernites discovered in 1972 and the Clinton-haters did in 1996. The sheer incontinence of the attacks on Bush by Moore and his Hollywood friends could help deliver the midwest to Bush. And Bush knows it, too. There's a curious passage in Stupid White Men in which Moore confesses that on the rare occasions he has met George W. or Jeb Bush, they have teased him in an almost affectionate fashion.

Like the village (as in Hillary's) idiot.

[TheGeezer]

And Moore's lifestyle has been awfully lavish of late. One doesn't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it makes you think, doesn't it?

I believe Time Warner supports the morally and intellectually bankrupt nonentity Moore, another reason to abandon cable (if your provider is TW) and go DirecTV (which is now largely owned by the company that owns FOX!!!).

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...abandon cable (if your provider is TW) and go DirecTV (which is now largely owned by the company that owns FOX!!!)

Bump!

[MEG33]

Fun article!Thanks.

[mollynme]

And Moore's lifestyle has been awfully lavish of late. One doesn't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it makes you think, doesn't it?

What a great idea! Now how can we spread the word that Moore is really in the pay of the RNC?? LOL

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump!

[prion]

it's hard not to cheer when Moore embarrasses the Kmart chain into banning the sale of live ammunition to teenagers

Okay, trust me to pick out the one thing I disagreed with...but just you watch me so not cheer for this.

[whereasandsoforth]

I love the idea that Moore is a willing tool working hand-in-hand with Bush and the republicans. That idea certainly would explain a lot! It would also help us understand how mentally and intellectually inferior the left-locksteppers are to such brilliant giants.

[Wil H]

There is absolutely no reason in the world to support DirecTV while they are practicising indiscriminate Extortion of their own customer base.

Sign up with them at your Peril!

Read http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047571/posts

I suggest Dish Network as a far better alternative.

[sweetliberty]

"One doesn't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it makes you think, doesn't it?"

LOL! The best line in the whole thing.

[auboy]

Bump.

[subterfuge]

"One doesn't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it makes you think, doesn't it? "

Is the author seriously implying that Moore(on) is a Republican stooge?

And another thing. Being called a "conspiracy theorist" these days is almost as bad as being called a bigot or a wife-beater. Lots of strange things were conspiracies before the truth got out. Agent Orange during the Vietnam War comes to mind. </rant.

[Born Conservative]

Moore's new book, Dude, Where's My Country?, offers his most sophisticated critique to date of American foreign policy

Sophisticated and Moore = oxymoron

[smiley]

Michael Moore....another of the great unwashed left wing.

[cyncooper]

There's a curious passage in Stupid White Men in which Moore confesses that on the rare occasions he has met George W. or Jeb Bush, they have teased him in an almost affectionate fashion.

I noted the other day on a thread handwringing about "Bush" keeping protesters away, that it is the secret service keeping him safe, and I pointed out that while Clinton has a sulky attitude about them and would personally order some offenders to be harrassed by his detail, that President Bush in fact is not bothered one whit by dissent and welcomes it.

The above passage that even Moore confesses to confirms my observation. President Bush is a very good role model.

[Walkingfeather]

He is the white jesse Jackson.

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

A thread on the original article from the Telegraph:
Only Stupid White Men Would Believe Michael Moore

[rebel_yell2]

Just as Bill Clinton was the greatest Republican President of the last half of the 20th century (responsible for the first Republican Congress and a majority of Republican governorships), Michael Moore contributed to the Republican party by putting W in office with his help for Nader. All Hail Moore! All Hail Moore! LOL!